Tuesday 29 September 1936

It was Tuesday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic).
Ride Ranger Ride, directed by Joseph Kane, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1936
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Books

Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.Widely

Written by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. As Santayana explained in the prologue, "in Oliver puritanism worked itself out to its logical end. He convinced himself, on puritan grounds, that it was wrong to be a puritan."

As the war rages through the Mohawk Valley, newlyweds Gilbert and Lana Martin must arm themselves with knife and musket and face a powerful alliance of green-coated Tories, British regulars, and the Iroquois.